OFFICIAL Virgin Mobile FREEFEST 2009 Q/A - Hype Thread! REVISED

Weezer is having their pre-sale tomorrow for tix for those on their mailing list.

I was under the impression that all tickets were up for grabs today, and Saturday was just whatever was leftover.

That's why I made a big push today instad of waiting.

But I'm probably totally wrong, right?

Yes, but then you'd have to get email from Weezer. That would suck.

xneverwherex wrote:
Weezer is having their pre-sale tomorrow for tix for those on their mailing list.

Yeah, they have to give the general public a crack at most of the tickets. As posted earlier, this morning's allocation was most likely really small.

Charlie wrote:
I was under the impression that all tickets were up for grabs today, and Saturday was just whatever was leftover.

That's why I made a big push today instad of waiting.

But I'm probably totally wrong, right?

I think today was a pretty small allotment. 

However, I am curious as to how quickly this thing will sell out.  Theoretically, people who only like one band at this thing could still want to "buy" tickets.  So you could have a whole bunch of fanbases wanting tickets to this thing.

Or the "I'm going because it's free" category. There's actually only one band in the bunch that I've ever paid money to see, and only three of which I actually own albums by. But hell, it's free. We'll go and see two or three bands and leave.

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
I think today was a pretty small allotment. 

However, I am curious as to how quickly this thing will sell out.  Theoretically, people who only like one band at this thing could still want to "buy" tickets.  So you could have a whole bunch of fanbases wanting tickets to this thing.

Charlie wrote:
I was under the impression that all tickets were up for grabs today, and Saturday was just whatever was leftover.


That's why I made a big push today instad of waiting.

But I'm probably totally wrong, right?

wrong… again

Charlie wrote:
Or the "I'm going because it's free" category. There's actually only one band in the bunch that I've ever paid money to see, and only three of which I actually own albums by. But hell, it's free. We'll go and see two or three bands and leave.

gaaaaaaaaah wrote:
I think today was a pretty small allotment. 

However, I am curious as to how quickly this thing will sell out.  Theoretically, people who only like one band at this thing could still want to "buy" tickets.  So you could have a whole bunch of fanbases wanting tickets to this thing.

Yes, exactly.  Even if you only want to see some random dance tent guy, it's hard to argue with free.

Charlie wrote:
Yes, but then you'd have to get email from Weezer. That would suck.

xneverwherex wrote:
Weezer is having their pre-sale tomorrow for tix for those on their mailing list.

so who are you looking forward to seeing Charlie? obviously not Weezer or Blink.

Good to know that Weezer is distributing tickets, too.  That further dilutes the ticket pool come Saturday.  Is Blink having one, too?  If they are, many may be tempeted to join up on those sites to potentially avoid the mad scramble on Saturday.

Edit: the Weezer site sent out their password already.

In order of preference:

Hold Steady
The National
Franz Ferdinand

maybe St Vincent
maybe Mates of State

My wife might actually like Weezer and Jet a bit (cough cough), but I know she likes those first three more.

My two year old would probably prefer anything in the dance tent.

Hoping to cut out before the headliners go on, guessing that Franz mihgt be a second stage headliner, so would have to miss them.

And you Sonic?

Any chance anybody else gets added?

mr. wrote:

Charlie wrote:
Yes, but then you'd have to get email from Weezer. That would suck.

xneverwherex wrote:
Weezer is having their pre-sale tomorrow for tix for those on their mailing list.

so who are you looking forward to seeing Charlie? obviously not Weezer or Blink.

Charlie wrote:

And you Sonic?

in order

Pete Tong
Holy Fuck
Franz Ferdinand
Public Enemy
St. Vincent
The National
Wale, i may check out.


  I would avoid Jet at all costs, seen em twice and ewww. same with Bravery.

  I wouldnt mind seeing Weezer either. 

  i ususally run into so many people i know at these places, i miss half of what i want to see anyway though.

looking for additions…i dont know, as it is, 6-7  bands on each stage sounds about right.

This bit from the Baltimore Sun would offer possible evidence that I'm not "wrong again"…(not sure when I was wrong the firsttime)






Tickets will be available through Ticketmaster in two waves. Today and Friday, Virgin Mobile customers and concertgoers who attended one or more of the past three Virgin Mobile festivals will get the chance to earmark one of the 35,000 available spots at the Aug. 30 festival.

Ticketmaster will send out e-mails to past Virgin Mobile festival customers offering them the chance to reserve no more than two tickets each.

The remaining tickets will be up for grabs at 10 a.m. Saturday through Ticketmaster.com. In a rare gesture, Ticketmaster is waiving its notorious "convenience fees" if customers opt to pick up their tickets at the 9:30 Club in Washington or Merriweather. Otherwise, there will be a $5 fee for ticket delivery.

wml7 wrote:

Charlie wrote:
I was under the impression that all tickets were up for grabs today, and Saturday was just whatever was leftover.


That's why I made a big push today instad of waiting.

But I'm probably totally wrong, right?

wrong… again

Charlie wrote:
This bit from the Baltimore Sun would offer possible evidence that I'm not "wrong again"…(not sure when I was wrong the firsttime)






Tickets will be available through Ticketmaster in two waves. Today and Friday, Virgin Mobile customers and concertgoers who attended one or more of the past three Virgin Mobile festivals will get the chance to earmark one of the 35,000 available spots at the Aug. 30 festival.

Ticketmaster will send out e-mails to past Virgin Mobile festival customers offering them the chance to reserve no more than two tickets each.

The remaining tickets will be up for grabs at 10 a.m. Saturday through Ticketmaster.com. In a rare gesture, Ticketmaster is waiving its notorious "convenience fees" if customers opt to pick up their tickets at the 9:30 Club in Washington or Merriweather. Otherwise, there will be a $5 fee for ticket delivery.

wml7 wrote:

Charlie wrote:
I was under the impression that all tickets were up for grabs today, and Saturday was just whatever was leftover.


That's why I made a big push today instad of waiting.

But I'm probably totally wrong, right?

wrong… again

Hmm…

I know of a few people who will be upset if this is true.

However, this from about an hour ago in the Sun, would indicate some for Saturday.

Ticketmaster customers snapped up thousands of presale tickets for the Virgin Mobile FreeFest less than an hour after they were made available Thursday morning, festival organizers said.

Rock bands Weezer, Blink-182 and Franz Ferdinand and hip-hop group Public Enemy will headline a downsized Virgin Mobile Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Aug. 30.

The festival, formerly a two-day affair held at the sprawling Pimlico Race Course, has been scaled back to one day, and moved to the smaller Columbia amphitheater. To accommodate the Virgin Mobile Freefest, Merriweather will be outfitted with multiple stages and a dance tent and expanded to hold nearly 35,000. Other performers include Jet, Girl Talk, the Hold Steady, St. Vincent, Taking Back Sunday and more.

The tickets, offered to previous festival-goers and Virgin Mobile customers through a password-protected presale, were free if picked up at Merriweather Post Pavilion or the 9:30 Club in Washington between Aug. 21 and Aug. 28. Standard delivery cost $5, and each order had a limit of two tickets.

The general public will get the chance to vie for the remaining tickets at 10 a.m. Saturday through Ticketmaster.

The ticketmaster page says this:

The presale is "freed" out! Additional tickets will be available to the general public on Sat 6/27 at 10am.

So it looks like the pre-sale wasn't all the tickets.

Charlie wrote:
I was under the impression that all tickets were up for grabs today, and Saturday was just whatever was leftover.

That's why I made a big push today instad of waiting.

But I'm probably totally wrong, right?

Since when the hell does "pre-sale" mean all the tickets are for sale…?

It all comes down to however many tickets are being earmarked for the various pre-sales.  There will certainly be some available Saturday….could be a thousand…..could be ten thousand.  Who knows…..  

Since when is a major music festival in the mid-Atlantic free?

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:

Charlie wrote:
I was under the impression that all tickets were up for grabs today, and Saturday was just whatever was leftover.

That's why I made a big push today instad of waiting.

But I'm probably totally wrong, right?

Since when the hell does "pre-sale" mean all the tickets are for sale…?

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:

Charlie wrote:
I was under the impression that all tickets were up for grabs today, and Saturday was just whatever was leftover.

That's why I made a big push today instad of waiting.

But I'm probably totally wrong, right?

Since when the hell does "pre-sale" mean all the tickets are for sale…?

Exactly, can anyone name a single time when this was the case?